The Snakes of Osun Grove: a World Heritage Site in Osogbo, Nigeria
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Universidad de Costa Rica
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RBT60482022-05-30T19:05:50Z The Snakes of Osun Grove: a World Heritage Site in Osogbo, Nigeria The Snakes of Osun Grove: a World Heritage Site in Osogbo, Nigeria I. Akinpelu, Akinsola Areo, Adebowale Nigeria serpientes riqueza de especies abundancia segregación de nichos Osun grove snakes species richness abundance niche segregation The Osun Grove, Osogbo, Nigeria, is a protected area covered by riparian forest, dry high forest and derived savanna. In January and June 2000 a total of 25 of snake species were recorded with Afronatrix anoscopus and Calabaria reinhardti being prominent. The incidence of Philothamnus semivariegatus, a savanna species, may be the result of the invasive savanna produced by farming activities around the grove. Nine species, led by A. anoscopus, accounted for 69.7 % of the snake community. The dominant species are either aquatic or terrestrial, with the exception of Boiga blandingi and Dendroaspis viridis that can be both arboreal and terrestrial, and C. reinhardti that is fossorial. Arboreal species mostly preyed on tree frogs and birds including eggs and nestlings, and the aquatic forms preyed on fish and frogs. Mammals, reptiles and toads constitute the prey items of terrestrial species while fossorial species feed on annelids, molluscs, arachnids, myriapods, hexapods, amphibians, reptiles and mammals. Universidad de Costa Rica 2007-06-01 info:eu-repo/semantics/article info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersion Article Text application/pdf https://revistas.ucr.ac.cr/index.php/rbt/article/view/6048 10.15517/rbt.v55i2.6048 Revista de Biología Tropical; Vol. 55 No. 2 (2007): Volume 55 – Regular number 2 – June 2007; 717–721 Revista de Biología Tropical; Vol. 55 Núm. 2 (2007): Volumen 55 – Número regular 2 – Junio 2007; 717–721 Revista Biología Tropical; Vol. 55 N.º 2 (2007): Volume 55 – Regular number 2 – June 2007; 717–721 2215-2075 0034-7744 10.15517/rbt.v55i2 eng https://revistas.ucr.ac.cr/index.php/rbt/article/view/6048/5753 Copyright (c) 2007 Revista de Biología Tropical http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0 |
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I. Akinpelu, Akinsola Areo, Adebowale |
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The Snakes of Osun Grove: a World Heritage Site in Osogbo, Nigeria |
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The Snakes of Osun Grove: a World Heritage Site in Osogbo, Nigeria |
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Universidad de Costa Rica |
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2007 |
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